Author's Note: Here's chapter 18. I'm not generally going to raise the rating because the rest of this story is rated K+ except for the next chapter. The next chapter will be rated T for the violence that is going to happen, so just warning you. Anyway, read and review because I want to put up the next chapter ASAP!

Chapter 18: The Hike

The female councilor came into the cabin and gave us an early wake up call. I was not used to waking up this early except for school. I've been out of school for a week, so I'm now used to sleeping in till 8am, not 6am. I woke up and went into one of the showers in the large bathroom. I thought about the talk I had with Sora last night. The good part was that I knew that Sora didn't like Viola. I came out of the shower with a towel wrapped around my body. I searched through my suitcase for some suitable clothing for hiking. I put on a purple tanktop with jean shorts. I also wore hiking shoes since my other shoes weren't suitable for hiking. I ran a brush through my hair and put it in a ponytail. I grabbed my bottle of water, sunscreen, and my deodorant because whenever I exercise, I always sweat in my armpits.

I was ready for our hike today. Selphie looked more like she was ready for the beach rather than hiking. I told her to just change the shoes. We were ready and walked out of the cabin. Selphie and I walked into the cafeteria and saw Sora and Riku waiting for us. We both sat down while the guys went to get us all pancakes. That made Selphie wonder if Riku liked her, but it could also be that Riku was just being polite. The boys came back with our meals and we started to eat them. After about 20 minutes of eating, we went outside to gather around for the hike. We were all gathered and began hiking up the mountain. We all liked to talk, so the four of us walked behind everyone else. Selphie started to get afraid of heights.

" Oh man." Selphie was getting freaked out as we would climb.

" Don't worry, Selphie." Riku said. There came a time where we had to climb rocks. However, Selphie slipped on one and was on the verge of falling, but Riku grabbed her by the wrist and pull her up. They were both panting and blushed when they looked at each other.

" Gee, this makes me wonder if Riku likes Selphie." Sora whispered. I shrugged.

We continued to climb the mountain. Every time we had to climb rocks, Riku helped Selphie climb them. It was such a pretty view from where we were at the moment. We weren't at the yet, but the view was going to look so pretty when we get there. I could imagine Sora and I just staring down at the view. Well, anyway, we had a long way to go. At one point, the group rested for a bit. Mt. Destiny was huge! It was the tallest mountain in all of Destiny Islands. All of us sat together and took drinks of water. Man, it was so hot, but when we get higher on the mountain, it'll cool down more. It was a large resting area. I walked around the area and stared down at the forest trees. I took out my camera and aimed it to get a shot of all of this.

" Hey, did you want me to get one with you in it?" Sora offered to take a photo of me in front of the view.

" Sure." He aimed his camera and began taking photos of me. " Okay, now let me get you." I took my camera and began taking photos of Sora.

" We shouldn't take to many photos, we'll run out of battery juice before tomorrow." We both laughed.

" Well, I guess we should…" I began to say, but I realized that the group was gone!

" Where is everybody?" Sora asked.

" I don't know." I looked around and saw two trails Both of them had footsteps on them! Which one do we take? " Hmm, how about…this one?" I pointed to the one on the left.

" Sounds good."

We both followed the trail we agreed on. It kept on getting darker as we proceeded more. That's when I realized… WE WENT THE WRONG WAY! I realized that we didn't take the same trail as the others because I didn't see anyone or hear any voices. We were lost! I knew it! I ran around trying to figure out which way I should go, but every trail was the same! Why didn't we just save the photos for the top of the mountain? I felt so scared.

" Sora, what do we do? We're lost!" I freaked out.

" I don't know." I could see the fear in his eyes.

" Sora, I don't like it here. I'm scared." I cuddled with Sora.

" Well, we shouldn't be too scared. I mean, at least it's not the evening."

" Yeah, you're right. Hey, why don't we stay here for a while?" I asked Sora.

" Sure thing."

Author's Note: I know that chapter sucked, and I know I said you'd like this chapter, but the next one is the rated T chapter, so please review this one even if you didn't like it. No flames please! I needed a short chapter to get us into the climax of this story. So, review please!